RegularGuy

I don’t claim to have knowledge either. I was stating pure beliefs. These beliefs help guide my actions, like the action of calling someone I believe ...

I’m asking you to to submit your metaphysics here for us to critique. Do you have a problem with that? What caused the Big Bang? Do you believe in a g...

And you are brave enough to submit your metaphysics to scrutiny?

You probably think your puerile jabs affect me. You’re just a sad, little man.

I find it depressing that you find your own mind to be the penultimate in the evolution of reality.

It’s called metaphysics. You may have heard of it?

You’re a liberal in name only. I would better characterize you as an “asshole”.

The point was that any ideology can be cultivated to commit violence. The only necessary ingredient is the Politics of Difference. It just so happened...

No, you’re not the kind of person to start a war. You’re inconsequential. You have no power. But, your tribalism is just what is needed to follow, say...

Taking my sentences one by one and replying to each of them is taking them out of context. I don’t find that effective for growth which I think is the...

The way I see it, you pick and choose points I have made instead of taking what I have said as a whole. We don’t have to come to an agreement. I find ...

You characterized it as a “fight”. You are seeing me as attacking you when I am just trying to have a discussion, and you are the one who wants to “wi...

I don’t disagree with you. Personally, I don’t believe the Bible is infallible as a text. It was written by fallible men, and it can be interpreted in...

That sounds more like something a Satanist would say to egg someone on rather than a reasonable atheist.

You really are more tribal than I am. I don’t really care if you personally don’t find value in religion. I do. I don’t wish to fight you, and I am do...

Yes, I believe your tribalism could be cultivated given effective propaganda. The Soviet bloc was one of the most abusive regimes in history, especial...

They all have their place! You could just as easily say philosophy is redundant and not religion. It’s a different mode of teaching.

I suggest you read “War is a Racket” by General Smedley Butler. Furthermore, your tribal attitude in defense of your worldview is all that is needed. ...

The people who are in charge of starting wars are out for profit and power. They could just as easily engender tribalism in the masses based on differ...

There is wisdom to be found in various religions.

A person of average or lesser intelligence has trouble understanding philosophy and science. Religion taught with wisdom and compassion has its place.

There would still be wars. They just would have to come up with different propaganda. Religion taken literally with political motives is propaganda.

Religion is not for everyone. Philosophy is not for everyone. I was speaking of the Internet as a network of computers. Of course there are specific s...

Like I said, it can cause real harm if taken too literally. I find fault in the teachers of religion and their political motives.

Philosophy doesn’t work for everyone either. It takes a special kind of nerd to study philosophy. ;)

I’m not trying to sell you religion. It works for some people. It doesn’t work for others. And some people take it so literally that it causes real ha...

Religion teaches by parables and mythology. It is another way to gain wisdom. Philosophy is also valuable. It seems you don’t appreciate the meaning o...

Religion dealt with ethics before philosophy ever did. Philosophy borrowed from religion and then separated in some cases. I have a degree in philosop...

To each his own. I won’t judge you.

You have sex with your mother? Incest is a sin.

I don’t think we should be over-extending morality to chickens. We should be looking out for each other, and living in harmony with nature as the dolp...

What don’t you understand about “mathematical unicorns”? And yes, my wife does love me. I doubt very much that anyone loves you, God bless your cynica...

Concede what? Dolphins have language, they feel empathy, and their brain size to body size ratio is larger than humans. They even have sex for fun as ...

Well, I agree we are unique. Dolphins are also unique.

I’m talking about the genesis of the universe which I believe requires a consciousness that gives it order, what you might call a mathematical order. ...

It most certainly does involve faith because internally consistent mathematical theories cannot be tested and could just as well be complete fictions....

Are we unique? How do you know? Dolphins probably think and feel empathy, yet they are killers. Dogs dream and understand some language and feel empat...

String theory is nothing more than metaphysics. It cannot be falsified. The multiverse and M-theory are also metaphysics. They may be mathematically c...

I have a bachelor’s of science degree, and I scored in the 99.6 percentile of the general knowledge portion of the Wechsler IQ test which was almost e...

What is your reasoned position that the universe has no purpose? I will bet there is an element of faith involved if you are brave enough to persuade ...

Very well. Carry on wit yo bad self. ;)

Belief that the universe has no purpose is also a leap of faith. Reasoned faith is not an oxymoron. It simply means that one has good reasons for beli...

But whatever floats your boat. I won’t take it personally, as you probably treat all theists that way.

It doesn’t seem very moral, as it seems like you are denying theists’ humanity and dignity.

Why are you so combative? Did your parents threaten you with eternal damnation and hellfire if you didn’t accept God? Personally, I don’t have a probl...

How is it that we can discover natural laws? Is that not a good reason to maybe believe that we are in tune with nature? And if we are in tune with na...

I believe there are universal feelings for non-psychopaths that indicate moral truths.

No, you’ve got it backwards. I don’t believe in God through purely wishful thinking, but rather on reasoned faith. I will grant that you have reasons ...

I don’t think I believe in abstract objects, but I do believe in universals.

Well, I don’t believe in the mental-only/objective-mind-independent dichotomy. I believe they are intertwined inextricably. Hence, my belief that ther...